Mormon bishop with Samurai sword runs off attacker Apr 24th, 2013 - 03:40h (CET +01.00) SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Samurai sword-wielding Mormon bishop helped a neighbor woman escape a Tuesday morning attack by a man who had been stalking her. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : mormon, bishop, samurai, sword, runs, attacker, Top Keywords

2 bishops kidnapped in Syria released Apr 23rd, 2013 - 18:00h (CET +01.00) BEIRUT (AP) - A church official says two bishops who were abducted by gunmen while traveling in northern Syria have been released. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : bishops, kidnapped, syria, released, runs, attacker, Top Keywords

Archbishop of Canterbury, on bank reform panel, calls for a bank breakup Apr 22nd, 2013 - 23:40h (CET +01.00) By William James LONDON (Reuters) - At least one of Britain's major banks should be broken up into smaller regional lenders, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who sits on an influential banking reform committee, said on Monday. Justin Welby, spiritu... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : archbishop, canterbury, bank, reform, panel, calls, breakup, Top Keywords

New Archbishop of Canterbury to be enthroned Mar 21st, 2013 - 17:00h (CET +01.00) LONDON (AP) - The new archbishop of Canterbury is being formally enthroned Thursday - and questions about the Church of England's opposition to same-sex marriage are greeting his promotion. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : archbishop, canterbury, enthroned, reform, panel, calls, breakup, Top Keywords

Italian bishops thank God for wrong pope Mar 14th, 2013 - 13:30h (CET +01.00) VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Italian bishops were so convinced that one of their own would become pope that they sent a congratulatory message to the media thanking God for the election of a prelate from Milan. The trouble was, the new pope had already b... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : italian, bishops, thank, wrong, pope, calls, breakup, Top Keywords

Children at risk from British welfare cuts, says archbishop Mar 10th, 2013 - 17:00h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - In his first major political move since taking office, the spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans attacked Britain's government over welfare on Sunday, saying further cuts to welfare benefits would drive thousands of c... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : children, risk, british, welfare, cuts, says, archbishop, Top Keywords

New archbishop of Canterbury formally takes office Feb 4th, 2013 - 19:20h (CET +01.00) LONDON (AP) - The new archbishop of Canterbury on Monday formally took up his post as the leader of the world's 80-million-strong Anglican Communion. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : archbishop, canterbury, formally, takes, office, says, archbishop, Top Keywords

Pope makes longtime aide a bishop in St. Peter's Jan 6th, 2013 - 13:20h (CET +01.00) VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI has rewarded his longtime loyal secretary by making him a bishop in an elaborate ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : pope, longtime, aide, bishop, peter's, says, archbishop, Top Keywords

Archbishop of Canterbury says Anglican church wounded, not dead Dec 25th, 2012 - 13:50h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of the Church of England on Tuesday said a vote last month that struck down proposals to allow women to become bishops had been "deeply painful", but that Christianity was still relevant in Britain despite fall... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : archbishop, canterbury, says, anglican, church, wounded, dead, Top Keywords

Archbishop: Church of England is blind, losing credibility Nov 21st, 2012 - 17:30h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - The Archbishop of Canterbury accused his Church of England of being wilfully blind to the attitudes of modern British society on Wednesday after it voted 'no' to women bishops, a triumph for its traditionalist minority. A... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : archbishop, church, england, blind, losing, credibility, dead, Top Keywords